- President: Kenneth B Tillou
- Number of partners: : 55
- Number of other lawyers: : 14
FIRM OVERVIEW: Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, one of Utah’s largest commercial law firms, provides legal services to a diverse group of corporate and individual clients.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Corporate/Securities: Parr Brown assists private and public companies in a full range of corporate services including business structuring and organization, contracts, public, private and bank financing, corporate compliance, reporting and governance programs, and provides counsel to boards of directors and executives on matters such as corporate policies, codes of ethics and crisis management. Parr Brown advises clients in connection with registration, reporting and compliance matters under federal and state securities laws and regulations. The securities lawyers represent companies and underwriters in public and private offerings and debt and equity securities under the Securities Act of 1933, with the preparation of periodic reports, proxy materials and related disclosures under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and compliance with listing and reporting obligations of national stock exchanges and markets.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures: Parr Brown’s Mergers and Acquisitions Team represents public and closely held companies on both the buy and sell-side of the transaction. The firm represents clients in a broad range of industries including medical and pharmaceutical, construction, intellectual property, aviation and mining. They help clients with complex/strategic mergers, acquisitions, dispositions of businesses and their assets as well as leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, proxy contests, stock swaps, rollups, equity transactions, tender offers, asset exchanges, business restructuring, spinoffs, and legal due diligence for merger and acquisition targets.
Real Estate Development & Finance: Parr Brown assists national and regional owners, developers, and lenders in a wide range of commercial, office, retail, industrial, residential, recreational and mixed use developments. The real estate lawyers provide legal counsel to individuals, businesses and governmental entities on land acquisition, exchange and disposition of real estate assets, contract preparation and negotiation, leasing, development, financing, tax structuring, and related areas including municipal incorporation and annexation, subdivisions, zoning issues, tax incentives, industrial revenue bond and redevelopment agency financing.The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience with the intricacies of development approval requirements and procedures, preparation and prosecution of applications, negotiation of development agreements, ordinances and obtaining governmental approvals.
Construction Law: Parr Brown's construction attorneys assist institutional and private owners, developers, general contractors, sureties, insurance carriers and lenders with construction projects throughout the intermountain west.The firm’s experienced team helps clients manage the distinctive legal problems that arise with each construction project including construction contract formation and administration, bidding, subcontracting, permitting and licensing, project delivery, title insurance, escrow claims, and eminent domain matters.
Commercial Litigation: Parr Brown’s trial lawyers are nationally recognized, handling complex litigation in federal and state courts and before arbitrators and administrative tribunals. The Litigation Team represents diverse clients through all phases of dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration negotiation discovery, hearings, trials and appeals. Parr Brown also handles cases of personal and tragic injury for existing clients and others almost entirely on a referral basis. Parr Brown’s top tier reputation uniquely situates its attorneys as highly effective advocates for injured plaintiffs with insurers and defendants alike.
Employment: Parr Brown provides counseling and litigation services for businesses and human resource professionals in the areas of discrimination, harassment,wrongful termination, wage and hour compliance, disability accommodation, family and medical leave, disciplinary action and documentation, downsizing, employment policies, compliance with federal and state statutes and regulations, employee handbooks, and training. The firm assists clients with the design, implementation and modification of employee benefit plans including pension and profit sharing plans, 401(k) and other ERISA retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, restricted stock option plans, phantom equity and unit appreciation rights plans, and other executive compensation programs. Parr Brown’s employment lawyers also counsel clients with respect to employee benefit plan issues in mergers and acquisitions, and represent clients in governmental audits. The firm has substantial experience counseling clients on ERISA issues related to prohibited transactions, fiduciary liability and claims procedures.
Environmental & Natural Resources: Parr Brown assists clients in the areas of energy and utilities, water, mining, natural resources, and environmental compliance and corrective measures. For industrial and commercial businesses and public entities, the firm assists with compliance and corrective measures relating to CERCLA (Superfund), RCRA (solid and hazardous waste), clean air and water, underground storage tanks, mining and other environmental matters, as well as toxic tort litigation and administrative proceedings. In particular, the Environmental Practice emphasizes environmental permitting, enforcement, compliance, remediation and corrective action matters.
Tax: Parr Brown has significant tax law experience and expertise. The firm provides clients with technical tax expertise involving long-term, strategic tax planning for business start-ups, the structure of corporate mergers, recapitalizations and other reorganizations (both acquisitive and divisive), tax-advantages leasing transactions, like-kind exchanges, umbrella REIT and other techniques to defer taxation on real estate transfers, evaluating and reducing the state and local tax cost for non-resident businesses with transactions in Utah, formation and structuring of tax-exempt entities, tax planning for debt workouts, estate planning, and tax planning for individuals and businesses. Parr Brown also regularly represents clients in connection with audits and the resolution of disputes with the IRS and other taxing authorities.
CLIENTS: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.; Brigham Young University; Deseret Morning News; EnergySolutions,Granite Construction Company;Holly Corporation;Huntsman International; Icon Health & Fitness; Jacobsen Construction; K.C. Gardner Company;Kinross Gold Corp.; KSL-TV; Lifetime Products, Inc.;Merit Medical Systems, Inc.;Nature’s Sunshine Products; Neways; NuSkin Enterprises, SkyWest Airlines, Inc.; Summit County; The Boyer Company, L.C.; The Layton Companies;Unicity International, Inc.;Workers Compensation Fund; XanGo LLC; Zions Bank.